news 28 Posted April 13, 2009 Fedora Weekly News Issue 171 Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 171 for the week ending April 12th, 2009. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue171 Our latest issue includes important Announcements about Fedora 11 and freeze statuses. Ambassadors celebrates the way "Italians Fete Document Freedom Day" and "LinuxFest Northwest Ramps Up". Developments relays some fraught conversations about "Emacs, Glibc, Malloc and i586" and cautions that "Mono Breakage on PPC May Cause Reversion". Translations keys us in to the "Fedora 11 Release Notes Discussion". Artwork provides insight into "Finishing the Artwork for Fedora 11". Virtualization reports on the "Virtualization Technology Preview Repo." If you are interested in contributing to Fedora Weekly News, please see our 'join' page[1]. We welcome reader feedback: fedora-news-list ( -at -) redhat.com 1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join FWN Editorial Team: Pascal Calarco, Oisin Feeley, Huzaifa Sidhpurwala 1.1 Announcements 1.1.1 Fedora 11 1.1.2 FUDCon Berlin 2009 1.1.3 Upcoming Events 1.2 Ambassadors 1.2.1 Italians Fete Document Freedom Day 1.2.2 LinuxFest Northwest Ramps Up 1.2.3 Got Ambassador News? 1.3 Developments 1.3.1 Emacs, Glibc, Malloc and i586 1.3.2 Wireless Regulatory Domain Automatically Determined 1.3.3 Moonlight Still Banned in Fedora 1.3.4 Mono Breakage on PPC May Cause Reversion 1.3.5 YUM Downgrade Feature Now in Rawhide 1.3.6 Multiple Package Ownership of Directories 1.3.7 Zap DontZap 1.4 Translation 1.4.1 Fedora 11 Release Notes Discussion 1.4.2 New Members/Co-ordinators in FLP 1.5 Artwork 1.5.1 Finishing the Artwork for Fedora 11 1.5.2 Interview with the Art Team 1.6 Virtualization 1.6.1 Fedora Virtualization List 1.6.1.1 Guest Configuration with augeas and libguestfs 1.6.1.2 Virtual Machine Backup virt-backup 1.6.1.3 Virtualization Technology Preview Repo 1.6.1.4 Fedora Virtualization Status Report 1.6.2 Libvirt List 1.6.2.1 libvirt-TCK Technology Compatibility Kit == Announcements == In this section, we cover announcements from the Fedora Project. http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events Contributing Writer: Max Spevack === Fedora 11 === Jesse Keating[1] made two announcements regarding Fedora 11. First[2], the F11-Beta-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso was re-issued on bittorrent as well as to the mirors. The image was "accidentally composed with 32bit packages instead of 64bit packages". Furthermore, the Source ISOs were re-issued on torrent only, where "an older set were first issued there. The CHECKSUM on the mirrors was wrong as well for these isos and has been updated." Next[3], Fedora 11 Snapshot 1 was released to the torrent site, and it provides "the first and final snapshot before our final devel freeze". Jesse reminded everyone that "lots of work has gone into the storage code of Anaconda since the Beta release, please do re-test with these images if you had difficulty installing the Beta". The final development freeze[4] for Fedora 11 is on Tuesday April 14th. John Poelstra[5] reminded the community "that all features and their associated feature pages must be at 100% completion by this date", and he listed the features that do not meet this criteria, which includes several of the more prominent features that are scheduled for the release. If you are trying to get a feature in to Fedora 11, please make sure you have completed all necessary steps. 1. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JesseKeating 2. http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-April/msg00003.html 3. http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-April/msg00004.html 4. http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-April/msg00001.html 5. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JohnPoelstra === FUDCon Berlin 2009 === Max Spevack[1] reminded[2] the community about FUDCon Berlin 2009[3], including registration[4], lodging[5], and the speaking schedule[6]. 1. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MaxSpevack 2. http://spevack.livejournal.com/78732.html 3. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Berlin_2009 4. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Berlin_2009_attendees 5. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Berlin_2009_lodging 6. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon_Berlin_and_LinuxTag_2009_talks === Upcoming Events === April 15: NYLUG[1] in New York, New York, USA. April 17-19: Summer Geek Camp 2[2] in Antipolo City, Phillipines. April 18: BarCamp Rochester[3] in Rochester, New York, USA. April 19-22: Red Hat EMEA Partner Summit[4] in Malta. April 24-25: FLISOL, all over the LATAM region. April 25: Trenton Computer Festival[5] in Trenton, New Jersey, USA. April 25-26: Linux Fest Northwest[6] in Bellingham, Wasthington, USA. 1. http://nylug.org/ 2. http://fedora.bluepoint.com.ph/index.php?entry=20090204000843 3. http://barcamprochester.org/ 4. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Red_Hat_EMEA_Partner_Summit_2009 5. http://tcf-nj.org/ 6. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LinuxFest_Northwest_%28LFNW%29_2009 == Ambassadors == In this section, we cover Fedora Ambassadors Project. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors Contributing Writer: Larry Cafiero === Italians Fete Document Freedom Day === "Document Freedom Day," an event promoted by the Free Software Foundation, was held March 25 and aimed is to spread free documents formats and the Free Software culture. Luca Foppiano reports about his attendance at the event, which was held in Opera (near Milano, where in 2008 was organized "Liberamente") in his blog[1]. Luca spoke at the event about the core values of the Fedora project, whose aim is to spread the meaning of the 4 foundations in general, and Fedora’s policies around codecs and firmwares in particular - thus covering a wider subject matter, not only documents. === LinuxFest Northwest Ramps Up === A Fedora Activity Day and three Fedora speakers highlight the lineup for the 10th annual LinuxFest Northwest[2] in Bellingham, Wash., USA, on April 25-26. Held on the campus of Bellingham Technical College, the two-day event is free and open to the public. Clint Savage will be hosting a session on Fedora Remix, Karsten Wade will talk on the topic "Participate or Die," Jesse Keating will give those at LFNW a sneak peek at Fedora 11 and what to expect later next month, and Larry Cafiero will give a Fedora 101 talk prior to the Fedora Activity Day, which takes place all day Saturday. Prior to LFNW, Karsten Wade and Larry Cafiero are scheduled to address classes at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore., on behalf of Fedora on Thursday, April 23. The pair will also meet with the Linux Users Group on campus that evening. Bellingham is just south of the Canadian border in northwestern Washington, and if you find yourself in the neighborhood, feel free to drop by. 1. http://blog.foppiano.org/2009/03/30/document-freedom-day/ 2. http://www.lfnw.org Got Ambassador News? Any Ambassador news tips from around the Fedora community can be submitted to me by e-mailing lcafiero-AT-fedoraproject-DOT-org and I'd be glad to put it in this weekly report. == Developments == In this section the people, personalities and debates on the Share this post Link to post
